Improvement in hatchets



J. R. BAILEY.

Hatchet.

No. 211,371. v Paten t ed Jan. 14, 1879.

NJETERS, PNOTO-LITNOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. BAILEY, OF WOONSOGKET, RHODE ISLAND.

IM PROVEMENT lN HATCHETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,37 1, dated January 14, 1879; application filed September 21, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH It. BAILEY, of Woonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hatchets and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of my hatchet, and

Fig. 2 is an end view, part sectional, of the same.

My invention relates to hatchets, axes, broadaxes, adzes, hammers, chisels, or other implements having a cutting-edge or a concussing surface; and the novelty consists in. the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

I will describe the invention as applied to a hatchet but the same maybe applied to other implements without departing from the gist of my invention.

To a malleable body having an eye to receive a handle I secure a cutting-blade and a han'nner-face. The upper portion of the malleable body is mortised to receive the steel ham- 1n er-face shank. A transverse aperture through the body and shank receives a rivet or screw, which is secured firmly, and afterward dressed down to make a neat finish.

The lower surface or blade-face of the body is bifurcated transversely to receive the cutting-blade of tempered steel, and is secured thereto by rivets, which arealso dressed down to a fine finish.

The hammer-face, in case of breakage, can be removed by punching out the rivet, and a new face placed ,in its stead, which is true of the cutting-blade also. The body willlast a life-time.

cheaper.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the body, of malleable iron, provided with a handle-socket, q, mortise A, to receive hammershank B, a transverse aperture, a to receive a rivet, and a bifurcated or slotted face, as shown at a a, to receive the steel cutting blade 0, which is secured to the body A by rivets, as at c.

The hammer-face B is of tempered steel, and the shank B is pierced at b to correspond with the aperture a The blade 0 is of sheetsteel, pierced by stamps or dies, and is riveted to the body, as shown. The riveted surfaces are then dressed down, so as to make a neat finish.

What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The body A, having mortise A and aperture a, in combination with the hammer-shank B and face B, the two portions being riveted together, as set forth.

2. The body A, having mortise A, slot at, and socket a, in combination wit-h the hammer-face B, having shank B, and cutting-blade (3, all pierced and riveted together, as shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the above .I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH B. BAILEY. Witnesses: I

Gnoncn A. WILBUR, CHARLES M. ARNOLD. 

